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Facts about Cancer/testis antigen 2.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | CTAG2 |
Uniprot: | O75638 |
Entrez: | 30848 |
Belongs to: |
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CTAG/PCC1 family |
Cancer/testis antigen 2
Mass (kDA):
21.09 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | Xq28 |
Sequence: | X; NC_000023.11 (154651972..154653579, complement) |
Testis and very low level in placenta and in some uterus samples. Observed in 25-50% of tumor samples of melanomas, non-small-cell lung carcinomas, bladder, prostate and head and neck cancers.
PMID: 9626360 by Lethe B.G., et al. LAGE-1, a new gene with tumor specificity.
PMID: 10399963 by Aarnoudse C.A., et al. Interleukin-2-induced, melanoma-specific T cells recognize CAMEL, an unexpected translation product of LAGE-1.